Courage, Strength & Optimism

A woman takes pictures of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas at the fence in front of the New Synagogue Berlin on Jan. 16, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The hostages need stronger sanctions on Hamas and Iran

By Ruby Chen March 2, 2026 5:11 am

Approve the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger

James Rogan Mar 2, 2026

A baby is lifted over a wall at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan by U.S. soldiers as Afghans attempt to flee the Taliban takeover of the country, Aug. 19, 2021.

Trump Defense Department callously endangers Afghan allies

Beth Bailey Aug 1, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Team Trump is blowing its chance to reform the deep state

John Schindler Jul 31, 2025

Trump has already hosted two key allies at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with at least three other foreign leaders slated to visit by month's end.

Rescissions are not a White House ‘fade on soft power’

James Mazzarella and Patrick Quirk Jul 31, 2025

Trump betrays MAGA with his Greenland obsession

By Ian Haworth April 1, 2025 8:00 am

A DC whodunit: Who added Jeffrey Goldberg?

By Elizabeth Stauffer March 29, 2025 7:00 am

To save the country, we must deport people such as Mahmoud Khalil

By Ian Haworth March 29, 2025 6:00 am

Reauthorizing the DFC puts China on a belt and road to nowhere

By Rob Mosbacher and Ted Yoho March 28, 2025 3:02 pm

Mutually assured malfunction and the new AI cold war

By Sebastien Laye March 28, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Why the Education Department has to go

By John Roberts March 27, 2025 8:00 am

Preserve nuclear energy tax incentives to bolster national security

By Richard Mies and Tom Graves March 26, 2025 1:47 pm

President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 24, 2025.

Trump’s precision strikes made Houthis pay

By Keith Self March 26, 2025 11:25 am

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te cheers during a ceremony commemorating the 66th anniversary of a deadly attack by China on Kinmen Island, Taiwan, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024.

Taiwan has already lost its China spy war

By John Schindler March 25, 2025 8:00 am

From left, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson listen as President Donald Trump speaks during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

Trump will lose a Supreme Court showdown

By James Rogan March 25, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Trump’s isolationism can’t endure

By Joshua Muravchik March 23, 2025 6:00 am

Trump has already hosted two key allies at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with at least three other foreign leaders slated to visit by month's end.

Will Trump betray MAGA for Turkey’s Erdoğan?

By Michael Rubin March 23, 2025 6:00 am